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MEDFORD, OWEGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 19129.
No. 33.
The Weather
Forecast Fair tonight and Thurs
day. llsVheat yestowlay
Lowest this inoruliiK 34
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Today
By Arthur Brisbane
Mr. Hoover On Crime..
No More Poverty. -Who
Sold the Whiskey?
Lo, the Poor Farmer.
(Copyright by King Feature .
Syndicate, Inc.)
Herbert Hoover tells news
paper editors that crime is our
problem, and it is not chiefly
n prohibition problem.
The President sees the coun
try's foundations subsiding un
der crime's attack.
lie says: "Nine thousand
are murdered every year in the
'United States, little more than
,half as many arrested, less than
one-sixth of the slayers con
Vietcd. "At least 50 times as many
robberies, in proportion to the
population arc committed in the
United States as in Great iirit
tain, and three times as many
burglaries."
Prohibition has increased
crime, says the President, "by
the vast sums that are poured
into the hands of criminal
classes by patronage of illicit
liquor, by otherwise responsi
bite citizens.
"But only 8 per ent of crimes
come from' the prohibition
nmendment."
How many crimes come from
contempt for law and the con
stitution, shown by "the other
wise responsible citizens!"
When the merchant and the
banker have their bootleggers,
the highwayman feels that he
hris'Vrighi to his blilclqaul;; the
burglar that it is his right to
Dwn and operate a jimmy.
The President, sincerely and
courageously determined to en
force the prohibition law, will
find it a task compared with
which controljiilig the Missis
sippi floods would be child's
play.
The "lierliner Tageblatt"
says Herbert Hoover's "funda
mental object is abolition of
poverty The benefits of mod
ern technique should come to
the people as a whole. Equal
rights for all, and not merely
for Wall Street and Rockefeller
and Morgan."
M
You can't do Wall Street,
Rockefeller or Morgan a great
er favor than to abolish pov
erty. They don't make profits
from poverty. Their profits
come from the money that the
average prosperous man spends
And the more he has, the more
they get.
M
In New Jersey a "promineilt
engineer and clubman" is in
jail, accused of driving while
tli-uuk and killing a garage at
tendant whose leg wns sheured
off by the "prominent engi
neer's" running board.
In New York a negro ac
cused of attacking women in a
subway, says, "I finished my
work, had a few drinks and
went home." That' all he re
members. Whnt about the gentleman
that supplied whiskey to these
men !
Hjive the authorities made
i.ny effort to identify and pun
ish the whiskey sellers? Not
yet.
Prnnk Pnlleirl. nt Minefield. Ohio.
owns a "soft drink parlor," but
won't own It loim.
A prohibition agent shot Pelleei.
who Is dying, his wife and six chil
dren watcMnR him.
- The ncent said I'elleglfcild whis
key hilt wouldn't let theSSent lake
It out of the soft drink parlor, ro
I he aeeut shot I'ellegl.
Prohibition is a complialed In-
BtltlltiOII.
Thft "William ml Mary" plan to
XCootlaued on F& Four).
GIRL SETS
mm
A MM
Elinor Smith, Long Island's
Flying Flapper, Breaks
World's Rcord for En
durance. Flights Flys
Throughout Night, Com
pleting Over 26 Hours
Carried From Plane.
ROOSEVELT- FIELD, N. Y.,
April 24. (ff) Elinor Kmllll lunded
in 2:0:lli p. m. luihty with a new
woman's solo emlm-unce flight
record lo her credit. She took off
at 11:40:44 n. ni. yesterday.
Misn Smith hail been In the air
2C hour.H, 21 minutes and 32 sec
onds. The previous record, held
hy Louisu Mci'heti-idKe. wns 22
hours, 3 minutes and 1 2 seconds.
Khe made a perfect landing but
had to be helped from her plane
after the long hours in the pilot's
seat.
ROOSEVELT FIELD. New York
Apri 24. lT) At 1 1:40:44 n. m.
today Elinor Smith, Long Island
flapper, completed a full day in
the air, the first time a woman
solo flier ever accomplished sucli
a feat.
Three minutes and 12 seconds
after completing her 24 hours
aloft Miss Smith had added two
hours to the previous woman's
solo endurance flight record, unil
kept on flying.
Enrller this morning she drop
ped a note saying that hcV stabil
izer had gone "huywire" and that
islie was clinging to the control
I slick with both arms. This difii
cully apparently corrected itself.
I however, as when photographers
I flew alongside her shortly before
noon she blew them kisses with
both hands and seemed to be hav-
ilng no trouble at nil.
Fliers at the field had not heard
anyi-splutret-lTij?-of 'her engine -at
noon, indicating that she. had not
switched from her main tanks to
the five gallon reserve supply of
fuel. If this is true they estimated
that Miss Smith might stay up for
a total of as much as 30 hours.
Miss Smith established a wom
an's record of 13 hours last Janu
ary, but this was shortly after sur
passed by Miss Bobby Trout of
California, who in turn lost- to
Mrs. Mcrhetrldke.
In her previous flight, which
was mnde in tin open cockpit plane
Miss Smith suffered severely from
the extreme cold, but her father.
Tom Smith, actor and amateur
pilot, revealed that this time she
wns amply protected ngainst any
chilling blasts. ,
JOIU.IX, Mo.. April 24. (P) a
new attempt by M iss Louise .Mc
IMietridse, former title holder, to
regain the wonien's endurance
airplane flight record, will he
made in June, her mother Mrs. R.
F. McPhet ridge of Jtenton ville,
Ark., announced today.
. The record was captured today
by M Ifs iClinor Smith, a Xew
Yorker.
U.S.T0 DECLARE
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Asks Congress for $4,
250,000 to Combat
Spread of Mediterranean
Fruit Fly Immediate Ac
tion Taken.
WASHINGTON, April 21.
President Hoover rctini
m end ci I 10 coiiBiivis today ihut
SI.2."iO.(HMl lie made available
to "meet the ffiuve emergency
due to t lie proteiiee of t be
Mediterranean fruit fly In eer-
at In Meet Ions of the Miilo f
Klorlda.
WASHINGTON, April 24. Pi
The department of agriculture an
nounced today that a federal quar
antine restricting the movement of
fruit and certain vegetable from
Florida to combat the infestation
j by the Mediterranean fruit fly will
jbe instituted "within a few days or
a !oon as the requirements of the
print quarantine act can be com
plied with."
The department said It asked
congre.sfl to authorize the expendi
ture in this connection of $ 1, 2 5ft,
000 which 1.4 available.
This sum was set aside for con
trol ttiea-ures against the pink boll
weevil and now I available as con
ditions have not required its eat-
ipcndjtui e.
AN EMBARGO ON
FRUITIN FLORIDA
To Try For Record
Pretty 17'Viar-oid Elinor Smith
will attempt to set a new endur
ance, record. She Is shown before
her new BeManca plane.
TO QUIT ROME
Retires After More -Than
Quarter Century Service
May Enter Pennsyl
vania Senatorial Race
Philippine Post Hinted. "
IJy James Ij. West,
Associated Tress Staff Writer.
WASHINGTON',' April 24.
Henry I. Fletcher, nfter more than
a quarter of a century of. diplo
matic service, Is
to retire as am
Imssador to Rome
Upon the ap
P'.:;:,::::::;:.- -
pointment of bis i
.successor ho will
r e turn to the
IT n 1 1 c d Statef;
V n i I o he ban
communicated no
final" decision to
his friends as to
future, there are
suKKesllons that
be mny enter the
J race for the Unit-
eip p LtTCMfctt. ed States senate,
from Pennsylvania and that ho
mny also be considered for ap
pointment as governor-general or
the Philippines.
Since ho has spent so mnnv
years abroad, Homo friends t of
the ambassador doubt that he
would take the post nt Manila,
which would require his absence
from the country for four years.
They are more Inclined to the
belief that he will seek a seat
in the senate, ns he long has had
a desire lo round out his career
in the "world's greatest legisla
tive body."
Many candidates are being
urged for tho post of governor
general of the Philippines, the list
including besides Mr. Fletcher. Si
las Slrawn of Chicago; Itrlgadier
I General Frank McCoy, U. S. A.,
land Major Genera! Douglas Mae
, Arthur. U. S. A.
President Hoover for tho present
I nt lensL Is giving little considera
' tion toVlUIng this post, to which
he souyht to appoint William J.
j Donovan, of New York, former
assistant attorney general. Ku
: gene A. Gilmore. acting governor.
apparently Is functioning to the
satisfaction of the chief executive
and his friends believe he will
be given serious consideration
when Mr. Hoover decides to name
a governor general.
HAL D. PATTON OF
' SALEM VERY ILL
j SAU;M, Ore.. April 24. (41
!Hal 1). Pulton of Salem, candidate
for a consti hi r pout uiiilr t he
Hoovt administration, is reported
seriourly 111 at bis home hefc. Pat
, inn yei ved several terms In the
stale senate and I a member of
the Sal-m city council. He Is In
j the stiilionery btislne-s. Pal ton 1
j has some hope of receiving the j
j consular appointment to Kobe, .
Jjpan, a position nne held by hi 1
'fattier, the bite T. M F. Patton. A j
t'lvil service requirement for tbist
appointment, however, may bar his:
; fci'lceUun. I
FLETCHER, DEAN
OF DIPLOMATS
X
HEADOFU.S.
LEGION IS
A VISITOR
National Commander Paul
V. McNutt Inspects Med
ford Legion's Playground
and Honor Roll Pre
sented With Picture of
Crater Lake Vining
Gives Welcome Address.
National Commander Paul V,
.McNutt of ihe American Legion
was welcomed to Oregon on hiH
swing thru the western slates nt a
largely attended luncheon at I, thin
hold in Ash la ml today, approxi
mately lmio Legionnaires nml Aux
iliary members being present from
till pans of the stain for the occa
sion. Following the luncheon tho na
tional leader was hroiiKlU to Med
(ord y automobile as part of a
long caravan which also nccom-
Taul V. MrNutt
panied him to Grants Pass wljere
he will be made an honorary mem
ber of the Cavemen's organization
this afternoon.
During bis brief visit here Com
mander McNutt inspected Iho play
ground and honor roll board, and
was welcomed by Mayor A. W.
Pipes on behalf of tho city, lie
fore his departure he was pre
sented with a large framed picture
or Crater Latlco by II. h.' Itromley,
chairman of the Mcdford post re
ception committee.
Commander Hen S. Fisher head
ed a delegation of state legion of
ficials on hand to welcome MeNull
upon his arrival In Ashland.
Those responding to Introduc
tions by Legionnaire Wm. Ilriggs,
of Ashland post who acted as
toast master at the Llthiu hotel
luncheon Included: Past Statu
Commander George 12. Love , of
Kugene, Department Adjutant Carl
R. Mnser, National Committeeman
Vic. MacKenzle, State ICxeeuttve
Committeemen J. S. Morland, S. S.
George and P. H. McDonald; Slate
Publicity Officer Hi S. McSherry.
Nell Morfitt, grande chef do guerre
and Wm. Sherlock Ilrown, guarde
de la porte. of the state organiza
tion 4ft et 8. the latter also repre
senting Portland post.
Mrs. William C. Kelley, Htale
president of the Legion Auxiliary
greeted Commander McNutt on
behalf of the women's organisation
and other officers of the auxiliary
Including Mrs. N. C. Chancy of
Med ford, state vice president; Mrs.
Polly Mclnturff, Marshfiebl, state
secretary, and Mrs. Lena Stewart,
Albany, state committee woman,
also were present.
In addition to the s.tato depart
ment officials, delegations were on
hand from K lama 1 11 Falls, Lake
view. Grants Pass, Kerby, Medford
and several posts In northern Cali
fornia. Following a. welcoming address
by Irving F. Vining. Slate Com
mander Flhher Introduced McNutt
at the Ashland meeting, the latter
giving a brief outline of the prin
cipal aims of the veterans' organi
zation during his Incumbency.
The commander, who proved
himself a pleasing ami forceful
speaker dwelt mainly upon the
subject of rehabilitation and hos
pitalization of disabled ex-servicemen,
the outstanding activity of
the American Legion Mnce lis or
ganization following the war.
The failure of congress to pass
tho hospital bill has created a seri
ous situation for the disabled vet
erans, particularly the mentally HI,
the commander pointed out, the
failure ha vine h'ft 6 1 H fl neuro
psychiatric ( mentally HI ) veteran
1 mhg hospitalization,
"Of this number, there nrn 27';.'
whoso mental Illness Is directly
conned crt wlin l.ielr service In the
World war; 1'ITI more vcienniH Buf
fering the same Illness are entitled
to hospitalization hy tho govern
ment, but cannot teccivo the cure
Intended for them tinder section
2':, paniKraf h 10, of (he World
War Veterans act. There ate 7"6
(Cotilluued oo l'ug tilt)
r.iiD-AlR PLANE
W.'eckr.no of air liner which crushed with nn army plane above Sin Diego, killing five In the
transport and Lt. Koefcr, (upner left) pilot ot the army craft. Maurice Murphy, (lower right) flying
't:- (..icscnrcr chip. v;as o;ie of those lulled.
CARKIN RESIGNS!
AS LEGISLATOR;!!
SALEM BUZZES
Prominent . Local Official
S en ds. Resignation to
Governor. Without Expla-
nation-f-Business Obliga-
tions Given As Cause
.i.. Sajeyf Is Surprised. fy
The news that City Attorney
.lobn H. Catkin had resigned his
membership In Iho state legisla
ture, to become effective Immedi
ately, will not only be received
with surprise by the Medford pub
lic, but by the people of the entire
state of Oregon.
Mr. Carkin took this action to
day, by sendlmr to Governor Pat-
Iterson the following brief letter,
which gavo no rc;ison for his
netion:
Hon. T. L. Patterson.
Governor, State uf Oregon,
Salem, Oregon.
Dear Governor: I hereby ten
der my resignation, as repre
sentative, eight representative
district, to take effect imme
diately. Dated at Medford, Oregon,
this 2 3rd day of April, 1K2II.
Respectfully,
JOHN 11. CAR KIN.
However, it Is known that Mr,
Oarkin, who Is not only one of the
most prominent, and generally re
garded as one of the most able,
members of the Oregon legislature,
but Is the oldcHt in point of contin
uous servleo In that body except
Denton Hurdlck of Redmond,
member from Deschutes county,
who has one term more, has been
contemplating such action for
some time past.
Mr. Carkin has been a member
of the lower house of Ihe legisla
ture continuously slnco Hi 13, and
two years ago served as speaker of
the bouse. At the last session he
was chairman of taxation and rev
enue, vice chairman of legislation
and rules, anil member of the rules
and Judiciary cominltteH.
In a brief Interview this after
noon Mr. Carkin said that the fact
that he was generally regarded for
appointment to the stato tax com
mission, had nothing to do with his
resignation.
"I havo taken this resignation
action because I can no longer
s pa re the time fro in private a n d
business duties here, for legisla
tive work; did not care to run for
another term, and in vlow of the
suggested possibility of the legis
lature being called Into special
session, thought It desirable to re
sign now and avoid further ab
sence from home, if such a special
session Is held."
Salem SHi'iilates
8ALI2M, Ore., April 24. W)
Tho resignation of John Carkin.
veteran legislator from Jackson
county and speaker of the house
of rY-presentallves during the 1!27
session, was received by Govornor
Pftttei-Hon and members ot the
Male board of control Wednesday.
While Representative Carkin
stated no reason for his action and
I members of the hoard would not
J comment, speculation about tho
istate hoiinc altrltuites the rerdgna
j tion lo the desire of the hoard of
control to appoint CHrkin os one
j of (he 'liJ"'e ni' mbers or the stale
(tax comWsslon as enlarged by tho
1 la.Hl b glMlalurft.
I Under th'3yrislitu!gi Parkin Is
.baited froiHy ai-erpiT!: appoint
ment to an office created during
'the lime ho was serving In tho
I legislature, hut there have Im-i-h
'indication Hut mctnbvrH of the
COLLISION HURTLES
TnRNAH SIBOOTLEGGERS
in QpfiDi: BOMB POLICE
uuuiLj m pi nn AKin
IN SOUTH
Siociim, Texas, Town .of
200 People, Reported,
'Blown to Bits' Eight
i Wnnwn Hftari in Palestine
M QClCQinni rlnnfK l
IVIISMSMPPI nUUUb IM1
nois Farms.
SALMON, Texas, April 24. (rtJ)
A tornado swept Slocum, n town
of 200 persons, near hero this aft
ernoon. Reports from persons living near
there said that tho "town was
blown to pieces."
All doctors In Salmon were
rushed to Slocum.
U 1h not known whether there
wns any loss of life.
R. V. Smith, merchant hero, said
that two customers of his store,
living n few miles from Slocum,
told him that tho storm struck
about noon.
"One of them said that It blew
a large tree down on his house and
that a farm house a short distance
from his homo was blown to
pieces,"
PALRSTINK, Texas, April 24'.
(P) Might are known to bo dead,
and many injured In a tornado
which destroyed Slocum commu
nity IS miles southeast of here at
noon today. The dead: .
Charles Kay Turner, schoolbpy.
Russel Mclver, schoolboy.
Mr. and Mrs. P. 13. Mclver.
R. W. and Marvin Kirk wood,
so n s of M r. a n d M rs. 1 1 c n K ! r k -wood.
Two unidentified.
R was not known whether Mr.
and Mrs. Kirkwood wero killed or
Injured. They were reported mlss
itm. The known injured Include tho
small daughter of Mr. and Mm.
Harney Tucker, arm severed and
lacerations.
Karl nml Mario Kirkwood, chil
dren of Mr. and Mrs. Hen Kirk
wood, legs broken.
Tho storm swept a path three
mllejt wldo nnd of undetermined
length.
The Slocum school house was
destroyed, but It was not believed
any lives were lost In It.
QCfNCV. III., April 24. (TP)
Tho pounding waters of the Mis
sissippi battered a new breach In
the protecting wall along the South
Quincy gardens at 7 a. m. today
nnd poured In upon fiflOO acres of
Improved farm lands.
Photo Enqravert Strike
RAN FRANCISCO, April (TP)
Failure of employers to aitrne to
a shorter working week resulted In
the strike today of KtO commercial
photo engravers In northern ami
central California,
board of control believe that this
restriction can be legally circum
vented hy the resignation of Karl
r'fxher. tax commissioner for sev
eral years; Car kin's appointment
lo Fisher's place, and Fisher's ap
pointment to one of the two other
comniisslonershlps created by the
Hli'fl Icutslalure,
Carkin was chalrmnn of the
propei ty tax relief commission
which devised the entire lax relief
program enacted by l'u;,J'it legls
laiure, and was the iiV-vo lender
of the forces which engineered the
program through the two houses.
SIX
DEATH
! Ill ULLlLLnMU
Homes of Officers Shaken
By Early Morning Blasts
Explosive Believed
Thrown From Auto
Dead Gangsters Found. :
CLK V 10!'. A N tti'On Id;. A vril -fi
Two uynnnilto bombs which
. II(?c ehuwd ttgalnHt hammed
bootleggers, exploded within an
hour 'of each other early today in
attacks upon two members of tho
department. One was planted at
; the home of Captain William A.
f MoMastera and tho other at a ro
cent residence of Sergeant Putrlck
J. Holland, chief of tho vice and
liquor sound.
At tho M (-Musters homo pnrt of
a porch was torn away and nil
windows In the neighborhood were
shattered. Airs. McMasters and
two children, William, Jr., 4, und
Ruth, 3. wero severely shaken.
Kmino porches wero ripped from
a four-apartment building where
Holland lived until four weeks ago.
Windows wero broken and oc
cupants of tho . building were
thrown from their beds.
Tho bombers left no clues and
police said they believed tho ex
plosive was thrown from an auto
mobile In each cuse.
CLKVHLAXD, Ohio, April 24.
(p) Rodles of two men who had
been Hhot to death nnd then
thrown Into a ditch were found
near hero today, and police said
t ha t boot leg ga ng vn rf aro had
broken out again In Cleveland. ,
The men wero Identified tenta
tively aa "Skinny" Kuerstman nnd
1st id ore Shiller, Roth of the men
wero about 25 years old.
They bad been "taken for a ride'
and dumped from tho killers' auto
In typical gangster style. Detective
Chief Cody said after opening in
vestigation of tho case. The hodloa
wero lying face downward.
Baseball Scores
tiUvnn!.
H. 11. 12. !
I'hllndelphlii 2 8 1
Now Yurk 11 13 1
IliilHiics: Hwui'llumt, Elliot,
C'olllitH nnil l.uraln; Uuhbell timl
O'Furrcll. I
New York 0 13 0
lt. U. K.
fioslon 3 7 3
Hrooklyn 5 10 1
ItiLttorlen: Hrup'H, loarn nnd
KlHilircr, A. Ouslnn; 1'. Klllot, Kou.
pitl unit llcnlluv.
t American.
H. H. E.
CMrvplnm! 0 14 3
Outrnlt '. 7 13 1
lliiltei'lMi: Mlljim, Murder, Hol-
lowiiy nnd L. Kewell; Worrell,
Htoner nnd rhllllp.
II. II. B.
New York 8 16 1
ItoMton 3 6 1
HfttterlfH: lloyt nnd Orabown
kl; Iturrinx nnd Kerry, Smith.
. 11. H. K.
Wnshlnuton 4 11 0
I'hllndelphlit 9 11 0
Hutierleii: 11 u r k e, Murberry,
Ilrown, llopklnH nd Tuto; Karn
Hhiiw find (.'orhrane.
Oregon Weather
- l-'alr cumi, ciiiiKly went tonight and
Thtirsdny. I. oral frnxtH cunt to
night. UentU-, vuriablo winds.
GERMANY S
ANTI-BOMB
PLAN FAILS
Proposal for Prohibition Air
craft Bombing in War Is
Rejected By Disarma
ment Conferees Safety
for Civilians Upheld
Aeroplanes Could Slay
. Thousands.
GENEVA, April 24 (Ger
many's proposal for prohibition
of aircraft bombing In war time
was rejected today by the pre
paratory commission on disarma
ment of the League of Nations.
Out of 25 national delegations at
the conference only five countries
supported the project.
However, In refusing to Insert
the bomb prohibition clause In tho
draft treaty, which the commission
Is formulating, the delegations
voting against the proposal accept
ed a subsequent resolution offered
by Nicolas potltis, of Greece, af
tlrmlng that they hud no Intention
of authorizing the lropping of
bombs on civilian populations,
Count von Rernstorff, In argu
ing for his proposal, said that In
a few hours bombing airplanes
flying over Paris. Berlin und Lon
don could tuko a loll of half a
million victims. The Germans In
sisted thnt if this method of war
fare was permitted war would be
come not only more horrible, but
more cowardly. .
"Tho combatants " themselves,
protected by defensh appliances,
would he in the safest position,
while the real victims would be
old people, women - and children
who hitherto have been pcotected
by all possible means which civili
zation affords," he said. "
...
CLOSE LINE GATE
NOGALKS, Arte., April 24. UP)
A merlean cltlxenii M'ra Itol.i rA.
three hours in Douglas, Ariz., today
aiter Mexican rebels closed the In
ternational lino here without warn
ing shortly after midnight. ' Mexi
cans on this side similarly were'
cut off from returning to their
country.
Shortly nfter 3 n, m. General
Francisco liorquez, rebel com
mander, got up out of bed and
rescinded the order nnd the Ameri
cans who had settled down In the
cafes and saloons to make a night
of it, were permitted to cross back
into Arizona, Mexicans also were
permitted to return to their side.
General Rorquea announced that
hereafter tho border would bo
closed from mlrinluht until ft n m
imt gave ho explanation of tho nw
order.
Will Rogers Says:
KOSTON, Mass., April 24.
Say, that speech, of Jlr.
Hoover's Monday was just
about one of the strongest
t hint's a president ever said
when lie said life and prop
erty here is
less safe than
in any other
civilized
country i n
the world.
The only dif
ference o f
opinion we can have about
that is, do wo come under
the head of civilized t I
doubt that more than I do
the statement. One thing he
hadn't spoken two minutos
till yon could tell the same
man hadn't written that
speech that had been in
there. It was about the con
dition of the country, but not
the same condition that Cal
vin used to enumerate to us.
Rahe liuth enme up this
afternoon and didn't knock
anything but a single. 1
never was so disgusted. .
Yours, , , ; ,
WILL nOCiERS.